Lehmber Hussainpuri born 17 July 1977 in Punjab, India) is a popular bhangra singer in India, UK, USA, and Canada. Born-July 17, 1977 (age 33) Origin-Punjab, India Genres-Bhangra, Punjabi Hip hop Occupations-Singer Years active-2001-Present Labels-
MovieBox Records
1. Career-Hussainpuri first appeared onto the mainstream bhangra scene through Mukthar Sahota on a track titled 'Sohni Lagdi' who then moved onto a collaboration with Dr. Zeus on the album Unda The Influence. This album was a success with both traditional and modern bhangra fans with such hits as Ah Ni Kuriye, Mele Vich Jatt and Tin Cheeja. He then did other notable tracks including Das Ja, Gabru Shakeen, Sadi Gali, Ne Baliyeh,Seetiyan and notable appearance on the worldwide smash-hit DesiRock by Swami. Even after working with so many notable artists on many record labels, Lehmber was still unsigned and had not released his debut album.
Soon after, in late 2004, Lehmber signed a one album deal with Envy Records in UK. He then began work on his debut album, which was supposed to be released on Envy Records. However, in 2005 he released his solo debut album called Folk Attack in India under BaseLine Records even though he was signed to Envy Records in UK. This led to huge controversy and eventually Lehmber being fired from Envy Records without ever releasing a solo album with Envy. But that wasn't going to stop Lehmber. He quickly signed a deal in late 2005 with Serious Records, headed by his good friend Jeeti, based in UK.
Later, A compilation The Best of Lehmber Hussainpuri was also released in late 2005 by Jatt Records. An album containing Lehmber's previous material, from before he made it into mainstream, was released by VPearl Records entitled The Great Bhangra King. None of these were official albums, rather just unofficial albums/ compilations by various companies in India to which Lehmber branched off.
Hussainpuri, from 2005 to 2006, became one of the greatest Punjabi singers of recent times. In 2006 he worked with Aman Hayer, Simon Nandhra, RDB, DJ S-Bolina, DJ Sanj, Lil Sach and many others.
His first album on Serious Records, Chalakiyan, was released in October 2006 and contained tracks produced by Jeeti, Kam Frantic and Aman Hayer. The album was a massive success not only in UK but also in India and North America. Chalakiyan won ALBUM OF THE YEAR for 2006 at the UK Asian Music Awards. The title song Chalakiyan and the song Hauli Nach were both nominated for Song of the Year but did not win.
In March 2007 Envy Records, the former label which Hussainpuri was signed to, released a new album entitled 21 Century King of Bhangra featuring 3 new tracks and all of Hussainpuri's hit tracks from his Envy days. In response to this Hussainpuri released a video asking people not to buy the album and to only buy his albums which have been released by Serious Records. It has been stated that this is an attempt by Envy Records to get money back from Hussainpuri after he released Folk Attack early in India while being signed to Envy Records. Envy Records also released a album in June 2007 titled Party with Lehmber Hussainpuri in UK without Lehmber's permission.
On September 19, 2007 Hussainpuri's compilation "Phuchal" was released in India. It contained previously released songs produced by Simon Nadhara, DJ VIX, Popsy, and Metz n Trix. This album was just a compilation of songs that previously appeared on other producers' albums. Thus is album was not an official release, rather a compilation released in India. The North American version was released as "Bhuchal" by Planet Recordz.
In 2008 he made appearances on 2 CDs, XS-BASS' July 2008 release, "Amplified", and DJ H & DJ Rags' August 2008 release, "Reloaded", on the songs "Mitran Da Dhol" and "Gulaab". In a recent interview, Lehmber stated that his next album would be releasing soon from Serious Records.
In February 2009, Lehmber appeared on 2 songs on Jeeti's Serious Duets. One was titled Mera Mahi Tu Pateya, which is actually just the re-worked Boliyan (this one featuring Miss Pooja) from Lehmber's album Chalakiyan. The other song, also from Chalakiyan, titled Dil De Hoor, contained somewhat similar lyrics from the smash hit Ah Ni Kuriye
In January 2010, Lehmber appeared on many song such as Kudi from Hardcore Desi 2; Giddhe Wich from Sher Punjabi; Ik Peg from Mohabttan 2010; & Akh Teri from Velley Boyz. In March 2010, Lehmber Hussainpuri appeared on the songs Dil Lagee (Desi Version) and Dil Lagee (Hip Hop Version) on the album Absolut Bhangra 4: The Double Shot by North American group Dhol Beat International. The Desi Version of Dil Lagee became an instant hit and definitely a dance floor shaker.
On April 28, 2010, it was announced that MovieBox Records, based out of UK, had acquired Serious Records. As part of the deal, Moviebox received Serious Records' music catalogue as well as their current lineup of artists. Thus Lehmber Hussainpuri is now officially signed to MovieBox Records. In the press release, MovieBox also announced that Lehmber's album will be released in July 2010 with production coming from Jeeti, Kam Frantic, and Panjabi By Nature. Lehmber's signing with MovieBox is a huge benefit for Lehmber, because now he can work with MovieBox's ever-expanding lineup of top class producers.
2. Feud-Lehmber and Dr. Zeus made one of the best collaborations bhangra had seen since the likes of Jazzy B & S.Shinda. Together these two had various hits. But an incident around an album caused their breakup leaving yet another potentially greatest bhangra producer & singer duo lost. The last big breakup in the bhangra industry was of the band B21.
After working on Unda da Influence with Dr. Zeus, Lehmber wanted his own solo debut album. Zeus agreed to produce an album for Lehmber for free because he felt Lehmber should get credit and not producers. Zeus agreed only as long as Envy Records got to release the album in the UK. Zeus also agreed that Lehmber could release the Indian version of the album himself. Therefore Lehmber signed a one album contract with Envy Records in late 2004. Zeus agreed to finish production on the album,in the 5 months before going on tour, but Zeus wasn't able to. Thus, Lehmber took the uncompleted tracks to India behind Zeus' back. He released the songs on an album "Folk Attack" under BaseLine Records even though he was signed to Envy Records in UK. Zeus was unhappy about how the tracks were released without his permission and therefore fired Lehmber from Envy Records. Zeus put the finishing touches on the songs (adding raps, backup singers, and skits) and released it as "The Original Edit" under his own name in UK. Both versions of the albums were well received by listeners
3. Discography- 3. 1. Official Albums-Folk Attack - BaseLine Records - 2005
Chalakiyan - Serious Records - 2006
Untitled Album - MovieBox Records - 2010 (Released Promo "Khand") 3. 2. Compilations/Unofficial Albums/Foreign Releases--Strictly Vocals - Speed Records - 2005 (Hits from Unda da Influence & The Original Edit)
The Best Of Lehmber Hussainpuri - Jatt Records - 2005 (Greatest Hits up until 2005)
The Great Bhangra King - VPearl Records - 2006
Folk Magic - VPearl Records - 2006
Daaru Pee Ke - VPearl Records - 2006 (Re-organized tracks from Folk Magic)
DJ Attack Vol. 1 - VPearl Records - 2006 (Re-organized tracks from Folk Magic)
Lehmber the Remix Album - Punjab2000 Records - 2006 (containing remixes of his greatest hits)
Chalakiya - Music Waves Records - 2006 (North American Release of Chalakiyan)
DJ Attack Vol. 2 - VPearl Records - 2007 (Lehmber's previously unreleased tracks)
The Don - HOM Records - 2007 (Lehmber's Greatest Hits)
Phuchal - Speed Records - 2007 (Compilation of hits such as Tappe & Rahin Bach Ke)
Bhuchal - Planet Records - 2007 (North American release of Phuchal)
DJ Attack 3:Pehchan Punjabi De - VPearl Music - 2009 (remixes of old tracks such as Bhangreh Bina, Lal Phulkari)
First Impression - Speed Records - 2010 (2CD compilation of greatest hits)
[[The albums 21st Century King of Bhangra released in 2007 and Party With Lehmber Hussainpuri also released in 2007 were released by Envy Records in UK without Lehmber's permission; therefore they are not official albums despite being released in UK]]
